Alexandria, Va. — ABI and the UMKC School of Law are pleased to present the 2022 Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, taking place Oct. 6-7, 2022! This year’s program features business, consumer and professional development tracks at affordable pricing, so attendees can get the exact training that they need. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 13.6 hours of CLE credit and 2.4 hours of ethics credit, including 1.2 hours of elimination bias. There is also a special track of programs tailored to consumer practitioners at a reduced rate.

The program features a special luncheon presentation by Andreas Lehnert, director of the Federal Reserve Board Division of Financial Stability (Washington, D.C.), who will discuss personal bankruptcy and financial stability. ABI’s popular ABI Talks session will feature TED Talk-like discussions on tracing financial transactions in popular phone apps, an analytical review of reversals/affirmance rates between BAPs and district courts, the unconstitutionality of the chapter 11 fee structure in U.S. Trustee vs. Bankruptcy Administrator districts, and SBRA and chapter 12 definitions for qualifying debtors. Andrea Chase of Spencer Fane LLP (Kansas City, Mo.) and David Prell Eron of Prell Eron & Bailey (Wichita, Kan.) are the program co-chairs, and Bankruptcy Judge Dennis R. Dow (W.D. Mo.; Kansas City) is the judicial chair.

Concurrent sessions include:

• Elimination of Bias: Allies Panel
• Case Law Updates
• Judicial Round-and-Round
• Ethics Game Show

Commercial bankruptcy track sessions include:

• Hazard Ahead: The Thorny Interaction Between Environmental Law and Bankruptcy Law
• Oil and Gas Bankruptcy
• Boardroom Issues When Considering the “Texas Two-Step” and Proposing Third-Party Releases in a Bankruptcy Plan
• Issues with International Asset Sales

Consumer bankruptcy track sessions include:

• Tax Aspects in Bankruptcy Practice
• Buy Here/Pay Here, Buy Now/Pay Later, and Missing Collateral
• Chapter 13 Issues
• The Sharing, Splitting, Unbundling, Factoring, Financing, Bifurcation and Disclosure of Debtors’ Attorneys’ Fees: Ethical Ramifications and What You Need to Know

If you are a member of the press and would like to attend the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, please contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.